Mt Kilimanjaro
Mt Kilimanjaro


LEMOSHO ROUTE 9 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS

Day 1: Arrive in Moshi/Arusha and transfer to your hotel for overnight and prepartion of your trip.

Day 2: After breakfast transfer from your hotel to National park forest edge. From here walk through the undisturbed forest to Mti Mkubwa camp site for dinner and overnight. By luck you will be able to see colubus monkeys and signs of elephants.

Day 3
.Take your time to walk through the forest sporting some of plentiful game and bird life. You will pass through montane forest and hagenia zone. Dinner and overnight at Shira camp.

Day 4:. The hike today is across Shira plateau up the western slope of Kibo massif. Overnight at Fisher campsite.

Day 5
: .After breakfast hike up LavaTower - The first introduction to the alpine zone. The only plant life being the hardest of grasses and Lichen. Here you will be able to have a spectacular view of final ascent route up the Western breach.

Day 6
: .With the Western breach ascent route in view, spend a few hours climbing to the base of the route where you will make a camp near Arrow Glacier. An afternoon hike further up the route before relaxing in camp will help you acclimatize and improve your performance the next day.

Day 7
: Wind your way up the Western Breach non -technical climbing route about six hours to the crater rim. Explore the inner crater and ash pit before to pitching the camp at the crater floor.

Day 8
. Summit day. Start your ascent to the summit early enough in the morning to put on the Summit by 10 am. After Uhuru peak descend via Barafu Hut and on down to Mweka Hut camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 9
. It take about 3 to 4 hours to make the descent to the road head . After your lunch bid bye to your porters and transfer to Moshi/Arusha for dinner and overnight.

Bird Of Prey

KILIMANJARO MARANGU ROUTE FAST TREK - 7 DAYS
DAY 1: -Leave Nairobi by shuttle bus to Moshi where you spend the night and do your last preparation for climbing the highest point of Africa.

DAY 2
: -Leave Arusha after breakfast and drive to Marangu Gate, where you will start the trek 9 Hrs to Mandara Hut for 4 hrs. Lunch, dinner and overnight.

DAY 3
: After breakfast trek 11 kms for about 5-7 hrs slowly to Horombo Hut. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Horombo Hut.

DAY 4
: -Full day acclimatizing to the higher altitudes from this point. Dinner and overnight at Horombo Hut.

DAY 4: Trek 10 kms from Horombo Hut to Kibo Hut for about 5-7 hrs. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Kibo Hut.

DAY 5: -Early start 8 hrs trek to the summit arriving there by daybreak. Descend to Mweka Hut. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Mweka Hut. Total of a bout 10 hrs spent and distance of 24 km covered.

DAY 6: -Leave Mweka Hut after breakfast and descend down to Mweka Gate where you will be picked up for the drive back to Arusha/ Moshi.

DAY 7: -After breakfast take shuttle bus for Nairobi arrive at Lunch time.

8 Days Kilimanjaro trek - Machame Route.

Baboon


Day 1: -Drive to Arusha/Moshi via Namanga for preparation for the following days trekking. Dinner and overnight in a hotel.

Day 2
: -Trek six hours to Machame hut starts early after drive by car to the park gate. Dinner and overnight at Machame camp.

Day 3
: -The trek takes 4 hours approximately and it is through rain forest and steep rocky ridges to Shira hut. After a short rest dinner will be served at the camp. Shira is situated at an elevation of 3,658m.

Day 4
-From Shira an average Hike for 6 hours to the Barranco hut via the lava tower. Continue to arrow glacier (4,876m) before descending to Barranco hut (3,680m) for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: -Breakfast then depart for 8 hrs trek to Barafu Hut (4600m) via Karanga valley for the junction which connects with the Mweka trail. Dinner and overnight at the campsite facing both Mawezi and Kibo peaks.

Day 6
: -Wake up early for 6 hrs via Stella point at an altitude of 5,745 metres to the summit Uhuru peak (5,896 m) Descend to the Mweka campsite at 3,100 m above sea level (5 hour) descent. Dinner and overnight at Mweka camp.

Day 7
: -Breakfast then descend to Mweka Park gate to connect transport to Moshi for overnight.

Day 8
: After breakfast depart to Nairobi arrive before lunch.

8 Days Kilimanjaro climb Umbwe Route
Day 1: -By shuttle bus drive to Moshi arriving in the afternoon. The afternoon will be spent shopping for what’s needed for the following day trekking and arranging your gear, accommodation in a hotel.

Day 2
: -After breakfast transfer to Marangu gate then to Umbwe village for commencement of hike to Lava caves (2800m) which takes 4 hrs. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3: -Ascend a long sharp ridge, giving a distinct high mountain feeling to the moorland arrive in Barranco hut in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight will be served at Barranco hut (3,900m)

Day 4
: -Walk 4 hrs past enormous breach walls to camp at the foot of the Arrow glacier (4900m) where you will have chance to watch the sunset behind Mt. Meru.

Monkey



Day 5
: -Through steep walls and scrambling up the screen and past the frozen lava on the tottering wall we will arrive to camp by the stunning crater rim of Kilimanjaro where we camp for overnight.

Day 6: -Start early morning to conquer the Uhuru peak (5,896 m) and descend via Gilmans point then to Kibo hut(3761 m) dinner and overnight.

Day 7
: -After breakfast, via Mandara hut we descend to Marangu park gate where we connect transport to Moshi for dinner and overnight in a hotel.

Day 8
: -After breakfast in Moshi you will depart for Nairobi arrive in the afternoon.

 
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